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Lyon X Gray
This was just something that came to mind about how Lyon reacted when he found out what happened to Gray and the others during the S Class training mission. I hope you enjoy ~
Edit: For some reason Fanfiction originally did not post the dialogue I added. Sorry about that.
Lyon entered the Lamia Scale guild tiredly, stretching out his arms as he walked over to the bulletin board that hosted all the missions up for grabs. He was hoping that there would finally be a job that was worth his team's time. The last few had been meager quests that would hardly be considered a challenge. After all, with Toby, Yuka and Sherry on his team there really was no mission that was too difficult for them to handle. It was all a matter of time before he got promoted to S class and could take the actual interesting missions.
Weary onyx eyes scanned the abundance of fliers for a mere moment before the doors to the guild were flung open, the calming early morning tranquility of the building shattering in an instant.
Irritably, the eldest ice mage grumbled softly and turned around, crossing his arms as his team ran up to him, seemingly out of breath. They better have a damn good reason for being so loud so early. The sliver haired male was far from a morning person.
"Lyon!" Sherry cried, her eyes brimming with tears as the threesome stopped in front of their leader, uneasiness settling within them at the Ice mage's glare. "We bring news that I am afraid harvests no love. None at all..."
Lyon raised an eyebrow slightly, his agitation temporarily forgotten as he studied his comrade's faces. He hadn't seen them this glum since Galuna island.
"What's wrong?"
Sherry bit her bottom lip as she glanced from Toby to Yuka, hoping that they were not depending on her to inform the ice wizard of the news they were told. She just couldn't bear to tell the man she loved such heartbreaking news.
"Come on!" Lyon demanded, his patience wearing thin, "What the hell is wrong with you three?!"
Yuka sighed softly and clasped his hands in front of him, his eyes downcast.
"You know about the Fairy Tail guild having their S class tournament this week, right?"
The maker magic wizard nodded his head slightly, having heard such news. He had also heard that his fellow pupil of Ur, Gray Fullbuster, was one of the few selected to compete in said competition.
He couldn't help but wonder if the reason why they were so disgruntled was because the younger mage had lost and they believed that that would disappoint him. Not that it actually would. The silver haired man would be damned if he allowed the raven to best him yet again.
"Well... There was an accident on the island the mages were on... Unwanted company landed on the island and there was a dragon attack..." Yuka dared a glance up at the leader that his team so adored, his expression saddening as he spoke his next words. "The island was completely annihilated and no survivors were found... Lyon... Gray is dead..."
Gray is dead...
Gray Fullbuster is dead...
The last part of his small, crumbling family was snatched away from him...
Black eyes widened as those thoughts kept circulating in his mind, a growing sense of dread settling in his stomach.
No... That couldn't be true... Gray was strong... Much stronger than Lyon gave him credit for... There was no way he could be dead. The last member of his exclusive family... left him just like all the others...
"And?"
Three pairs of eyes stared up at him in complete and utter shock at the ice mage's cold words. His tone was emotionless as was his pale face. He seemed completely indifferent to the fact that his childhood friend was killed so suddenly...
"Are... Aren't you sad..." Sherry whispered, bringing her hands up to her mouth as the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes finally betrayed her.
"Sad?" He snickered, hiding the pain from his voice as he put on his frigid mask. There was no way he wanted his friends to see him cry. He wouldn't show them any sign of weakness.
"Why should I care? Gray doesn't mean anything to me."
Not even Lyon himself believed his words.
"You don't have to hide your pain..." Toby encouraged, his face harboring the pain he felt. They all knew the cold emperor was just suppressing his true emotions towards the subject. They knew him far too well for his charade to work.
"I cannot hide what doesn't exist. If he was weak enough to let himself be killed by a dragon than maybe he deserved to die."
Without another word the silver haired male left the guild hall with a huff, not wanting to allow the conversation to advance any further.
Instead he quickly made his way back to his apartment, maintaining a stoic expression as his mind buzzed with different thoughts. No.. He wouldn't allow anyone to see him show the grief he felt at the news. No one would know how much that information actually killed him on the inside.
Shaky pale hands just barely managed to unlock his front door before his body shook with silent sobs that over took him. Tears streamed down his cold cheeks as he slammed the door shut and slid down the length of the door, numerous different emotions searing through his being.
He pulled his legs up to his chest, wrapping his arms around his knees before laying his head in his lap and, for the first time since Ur died, the cold emperor cried.
"How dare you, Gray Fullbuster..." He spat the name as anger mixed with the depression he felt, "How dare you die on me!"
His sobs deepened as he snickered, finding his situation dryly humorous. During his time in Galuna island he wouldn't have cared in the slightest if the pathetic raven met his demise. At the time he would have thought that that was the fate he deserved for murdering their dear teacher, but now... Now he wished beyond everything else that the news was incorrect, that the fairy Tail members had somehow managed to survive the onslaught of the dragon's fury...
The air in the room dropped to a frigid temperature as the ice mage's rage deepened, ice beginning to form around the apartment as his emotions continued to surge, but he didn't care. The furniture should be salvaged from any magic he inflicted upon it while his dear Gray could not...
His Gray... No, Gray was never truly his. The silver haired mage never even mustered up the courage to tell the brat how he truly felt about him... He never told the Fairy Tail wizard that he loved him...
Yes, it was true. Lyon Vastia loved Gray Fullbuster. It was a fact that the Lamia scale creator magic male had stopped denying long ago.
He had loved the raven ever since they were mere children training under the powerful wizard known as Ur. Despite the darkness that seemed to drape over the raven like an unshakable blanket Lyon could not help but feel an attraction to the young boy, although at the time it was a simple childhood crush that was meager in itself. He wanted to seal Gray's darkness away just as badly as Ur did, although he would never admit it out loud. At the time it was the only way Lyon could think of to get the Dark blue haired boy to smile in true happiness. But it was against the cold nature that he harvested to show such emotions, especially to the male that served as his rival.
However, love is a fickle thing. It really was astounding how swiftly complete love could switch to blind hatred. After Ur's death Lyon despised the 8 year old younger ice mage. He was the reason that he could never achieve his goal of surpassing their master.
Because of that brat he lost the mother figure he had grown to love over the years. He had allowed yet another family member to die before him.
From that day on he couldn't stand Gray and instead focused on resurrecting the very demon that his master gave her life to kill. Thinking back on it now he realized how utterly stupid he was. He allowed anger and revenge to take control oh his life for 10 years. He stained his hands with blood just because of the fact that he wanted to prove that he was better than the female ice wizard; that he had surpassed her. He became the one thing he always feared. He became a monster.
It was only the encounter he had with Gray at Galuna Island that his view on the world changed. Gray was right... He was indeed just a beast in a cage, lashing out at a world he hardly even knew. He had allowed himself to be corrupted...
As he watched his long time rival sail away from the island he felt the hatred he clung so tightly to throughout the years disappear and instead, love replaced it once more. It was only because of the raven that he joined the guild that he now considered his family. Lyon was living a better life now with his friends. He truly could never thank Gray enough for what he did.
Thank him... It dawned on Lyon that he had never once thanked the younger ice mage for steering him in the right direction. Instead he was arrogant and belittled the male, refusing to show anyone that the cold emperor truly did have a heart. A frozen one at that.
Gray Fullbuster was the only one that managed to thaw it and tear his way into the barren organ he called a heart. The stripper managed to change his life in so many ways, ways that the raven himself was not even aware of.
"Gray..." He rasped, his throat becoming sore from the soft whimpers that managed to escape him every so often. "Thank you... For kicking my ass and showing me that there was more to life than to beat Ur... Now I can make my own name for myself. I am no longer Ur's prized pupil, no, I am Lyon Vastia, proud member of the Lamia Scale."
He rubbed his eyes as more tears slid down his raw cheeks and he tangled a hand in his silver hair.
"Ur... Please watch over him for me..."
With a last, shaky breath Lyon ran a hand down his face and pulled himself up, wiping the remaining tears away. He wasn't going to give up. Yuka had said that no bodies were discovered, that meant that there was a chance that the Fairy Tail guild members somehow managed to survive. He wouldn't stop searching until he either found a body or his beloved family member. Even if he had to spend the rest of his life scouring the water he would not leave it be.
Gray was the last person left in the world that the silver haired mage loved and he would be damned if he allowed him to be stolen away from him again.
"I will find you, Gray." A new resolve bubbled in Lyon's mind as he clenched his hands tightly to his sides. "I will become stronger and become an S class wizard for you. I'll live for the both of us until I can bring you back home safe and sound. That is a promise!"
With a new fire blazing in his usually icy eyes Lyon exited his home in haste.. He was going to see to it that all the Fairy Tail members were brought back to their guild and loved ones. Nothing could stop him now.
